A8) Where can I get free or shareware anti-virus programs?

The VIRUS-L/comp.virus archive sites carry publicly distributable
anti-virus software products.  See a recent listing of the archive
sites (or ask the moderator for a recent listing) for more information
on these sites.

Many freeware/shareware anti-virus programs for DOS are available via
anonymous FTP on WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (192.88.110.20), in the
directory PD1:<MSDOS.TROJAN-PRO>.  Note that the SIMTEL20 archives
are also "mirrored" at many other anonymous FTP sites, including
oak.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117, pub/msdos/trojan-pro),
wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4, /mirrors/msdos/trojan-pro),
and nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100, /pub/msdos/utilities/trojan-pro).
They can also be obtained via e-mail in uuencoded form from various
TRICKLE sites, especially in Europe.

Likewise, Macintosh anti-virus programs can be found on SIMTEL20 in
the PD3:<MACINTOSH.VIRUS> directory.

A list of many anti-viral programs, incl. commercial products and one
person's rating of them, can be obtained by anonymous ftp from
cert.org (192.88.209.5) in pub/virus-l/docs/reviews as file
slade.quickref.rvw.


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